~lotet~~~ar~r, . ~f t\1e Spir-it : This is that which • .--........ t,~· c~Ued)a ,w.or~ipping God in ~he. nt,-a ·pray•ng ln the holy GhoR:, •· e. ·.aePI"Q. · is to the QJattet of tne Prayer' diClatedby the Spirit, or as to the manner of praying, the foul b~ing 6 aCluated by the holy Ghoft: For 1 See Mark 12 ' 3 · conceive it may import the former 8c 13 ' 1 ' ' ll be 1 ' h s . as we as t atrer, as ot er cnptsres compared hold forth :· Alas, flefh a~d blood will put up ~uch petitions as God will not accepr, or in fuch · ~manner as is no way fuitable to his fpirit-ual Nature: . Th,e truth is, Chri£Hans, you will· but bungle at the work without this helpof Go'ds Spirit; and God will take notice of you except ·he hear hisown l~nguage % ·donot think you can \vreftle~utthe bufinefs your ielves, you mull: be beholding to God for help in Prayer, as V'e~l as for heariAg youtPrayer; your own fpjrits wiH not carry you to fleaven: that which is from the ear.th ,. is earthlY-., anq rifeth no higher ~an e~rrh,but the holy GhoO: .will elevateyour fouls toGod : Therefore, I be:. fee_ch you., Sirs, beg the Spirit,yield to its motions, im– prove its Qperations; fay when youare going to duty, Lord, now fiir up ~Jhy felf, and ftjr up thy grace in my heart: .Awaks, oh North-wind, ant/. come thou So~tth; blow upon thy Garden, Cant. 4· 16. [MySoul] that the fpices thereof tnayflow out ~that graces may beexer– cifed andexerted:] Lord, I' am low, flat, hard ; fend the pow~rfulnrm of rhy bleffed Sp.i'rit to _work all gra– cious difpofition~ in me, and raife up my affeCl:ions to thee: I iee"I am .below the dut_y, and infinitely below thee in the puty,but thou,and thou ,alone canft raife me np, quicken, foften my deadand rocky heart ; come 'Lord, and fhew thy P<?}Verful Arm', let it appear what God can do for aforry worm. Oh.lift me up to thee, . ~hat. my foul may erij~·y fo~rre fweet -com~~:Inion wirb .. · ·· · ... !bee;
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